Joan Miro

Joan Miró’s paintings of metamorphosed plants, humans, and animals bring to life a whimsical world that hearkens back to a more primitive time.

Alain Jouffroy analyses Miro’s evolution away from his early friendship with Picasso, through his exposure to the Dadaists and Surrealists, to his mature explorations into the realm of the fantastic, the only area in which he felt at ease. In so doing, Jouffroy summons up an artist who, though personally reserved and taciturn, produced a body of work that expresses unstinting joy.